Imagine a fiery salamander at a wedding who accidentally helps himself to the buffet before the DJ's announcement. Now imagine the heat coming off his embarrassed little cheeks. This week’s web news is twice as hot as that. Oh yes.

Feeling hot hot hot

Glastonbury was baking, the new roof on Centre Court has barely had an outing and yesterday my tomatoes demanded hourly feeding. No doubt about it, it’s hot hot hot out there. Thankfully our office superman, Eddie, has some top tips for staying cool.

• Go and stand in a massive walk in fridge. Or, if unlike Eddie, you don't have one at your disposal, simply hang out by the frozen peas in your local supermarket instead.
• Can't get to the beach? Then bring the beach to you and have a little paddle at your desk. Best of all you won't be finding sand in your belly button for weeks to come.
• Fill a water bottle, pop it in the freezer et voila - an anti hot water bottle for bed time. Better yet, leave it till the morning and you’ll have your very own PPCS* ready to roll.

Freezy Squeezie

Never let it be said that Eleanor is not a genius. After many careful hours and much tinkering in the products kitchen, she has come up with a hands down winner in this summer's easiest and best recipe competition - the frozen squeezie. Here comes the science part. Concentrate now:

• Step one: Take squeezie.
• Step two: Put in freezer.
• Step three: (this is the difficult bit) Wait a while.
• Step four: Enjoy.

We heartily recommend you give them a whirl. What’s more, they’re on a special £1 offer at Tesco this week. Chilly good times indeed.

Can I squash it? Yes you can.

It's National Recycling Week this week and the best part is it's really easy to get involved. Take our big cartons for example. All you need to do is squash them up when they’re empty and pop them in your recycling bin (90% of all councils now recycle tetra cartons, check yours here). There’s other stuff you can do too so have a look here and make your pledge – after all every little counts. The competitive amongst you may want to take things a step further and bag yourself a prize. So get squashing and do your bit for the planet at the same time.

Blingtastic.

There's a new Mayor in town and his name is Councillor Karmel (if you happen to live in Hammersmith and Fulham that is). Last week he popped into Fruit Towers to chat local business, give the place a once over and show off his highly impressive Mayoral chains. Not to be out done, Rich donned his jazziest t-shirt for the occasion, showed him round the office and discussed the merits of working on astroturf. We’re just waiting for the invite to City Hall. Apparently it’s in the post. Any day now...

And finally...

*PPCS Portable Personal Cooling System